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Clarify that the bool instances are acceptable return values from
authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Wed, 7 Aug 2002 15:40:15 +0000 (15:40 +0000)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Wed, 7 Aug 2002 15:40:15 +0000 (15:40 +0000)
__nonzero__(), in response to SF bug #579991.

Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex

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@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ The following values are considered false:
 \begin{itemize}
 
 \item  \code{None}
-       \withsubitem{(Built-in object)}{\ttindex{None}}
+        \withsubitem{(Built-in object)}{\ttindex{None}}
 
 \item  \code{False}
-       \withsubitem{(Built-in object)}{\ttindex{False}}
+        \withsubitem{(Built-in object)}{\ttindex{False}}
 
 \item  zero of any numeric type, for example, \code{0}, \code{0L},
         \code{0.0}, \code{0j}.
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ The following values are considered false:
 \item  any empty mapping, for example, \code{\{\}}.
 
 \item  instances of user-defined classes, if the class defines a
-       \method{__nonzero__()} or \method{__len__()} method, when that
-       method returns the integer zero.\footnote{Additional
+        \method{__nonzero__()} or \method{__len__()} method, when that
+        method returns the integer zero or \class{bool} value
+        \code{False}.\footnote{Additional 
 information on these special methods may be found in the
 \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python Reference Manual}.}